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7. Marriages and laws | Homosexuals were on their strongest ground when they said that the law had no business interfering with relations between consenting adults. Now they want the law to put a seal of approval on their behavior (Thomas Sowell, The Washington Times)
   
   
8. Christian conservatives for domestic violence? | Apparently, it's more important for Ohio's Citizens for Community Values to preserve the distinction between married and unmarried couples (and pre-empt gay marriage) than it is to prosecute domestic abusers (Richard Kim, The Nation)
   
   
9. Religious extremists demand censorship (again) | The Gay Police Association is under police investigation, after it exposed a big increase in homophobic hate crimes perpetrated by religious extremists (Peter Tatchell, The Guardian, London)
   
   

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Darfur:

1. Despair over Darfur | Western policy is in near despair over Darfur, and governments are turning to Russia and China to see if they can put pressure on the Sudanese government to accept a UN peacekeeping force (BBC)
   
   
2. The latest Darfur outrage | Khartoum rejects out of hand a U.N. contingent (Editorial, The Wall Street Journal, sub. req'd.)
   
   

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Other stories of interest:

1. Can religion and environmentalism find common ground in the 21st century? | A conversation between E.O. Wilson, Stuart Pimm, and Richard Cizik (Audubon)
   
   
2. Archbishop builds bridge for Muslim and Jewish leaders | An accord with Judaism and Israel is expected to result in the Archbishop acting as peace broker (The Times, London)
   
   
3. Russian homeland no haven for ex-detainees, activists say | Men freed from Guantanamo allegedly face campaign of abuse, including forced Christianity (The Washington Post)
   
   
4. Jewish man removed from airplane for praying | Some fellow passengers are questioning why an Orthodox Jewish man was removed from an Air Canada Jazz flight in Montreal last week for praying (CBC)
   
   
5. Four religious institutions set sights on moving to Broward | Trinity International University, the Center for Public Policy and Religion, the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, and the Bobby Jones Gospel Complex for Education, Heritage and Preservation are coming (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
   
   
6. Zoroastrians keep the faith, and keep dwindling | The Zoroastrians fear that they are fighting the extinction of their faith, a religion that scholars say is at least 3,000 years old (The New York Times)
   
   
7. Christians finish trans-U.S. march to build inclusion | A 2,500-mile journey across the country ended yesterday at a D.C. church with the message that Christianity must bear no grudges based on race, religion or sexual orientation (The Washington Times)
   
   
8. Face in shadows may be Jesus | The image Peter Dimas found on the ceiling is faint, but the face of a man is apparent (Editorial, Norwich Bulletin, Ct.)
   
   
9. The 30-year-old virgins | It was once a badge of honor. But to the surprising number of adult women today who have not had sex, virginity is nothing but a curse (Yael Kohen, Salon.com)
   
   

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